[B-Greek] Onomastikon
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Sep 22 09:22:46 EDT 2010
On Sep 22, 2010, at 8:17 AM, Louis Sorenson wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> While looking for words writing a song, I found the entry for ONOMASTOS in the Onomastikon by Julius Pollux Gramm., Onomasticon
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> Book 5, section 158, line 3
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> καὶ εὐκλεής, ἔνδοξος, ὀνομαστός, εὔδοξος, εὐδό-
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> κιμος, λαμπρός, ζηλωτός, ἐκφανής ἐπιφανής, περίβλεπτος, περι-
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> βόητος διαβόητος, περίφημος, ἀείμνηστος, ἀκμάζων δόξῃ, εὐθηνού-
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> μενος, ὀνόματι γνώριμος.
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> (sorry for not transcribing all the above words).
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> It looks like this book is similar to Louw Nida? It can be downloaded from Archive.org
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> http://www.archive.org/details/onomasticon01polluoft
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> You can read more about Julius Pollux at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pollux. Does anyone have any comments on the value of this book? (Lucian, apparently called him a worthless and ignorant person.)
Wonderful collection of words -- διαβόητος I love -- "bruited about"? "talk of the town?" ; I bet there are even more and nasty adjectival expressions referring to a bad reputation!
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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